Dallas, TX - Automatic external defibrillator (AED) therapy can now be extended to children under the age of 8, thanks to an AED that delivers smaller, "child-size" shocks but utilizes the same ...

Designed for use with Cardiac Science's own AEDs, the pediatric electrodes provide reduced defibrillation energy for children and infants up to 8 years old or up to 55 pounds. The pediatric electrodes ...

Philadelphia, PA - The largest-ever study of in-hospital cardiac arrests challenges the prevailing medical opinion about the patterns and causes of these life-threatening events [1]. Reporting their ...

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Nov. 24, studied patient outcomes for three methods of defibrillation: standard defibrillation; double sequential external defibrillation ...

Jesse McIntosh hopes to be like Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. someday. The 8-year-old from Mansfield, Missouri, also wants to be a medical engineer and create devices like the one that ...

CHICAGO - Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical device maker, has designed a defibrillator with the potential to resuscitate young children who experience sudden cardiac arrest. The ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Christmas comes a little early for a couple of local clinics. Members of Arvest Bank traveled to Mercy Hospital Joplin to make a check presentation today. A five thousand dollar donation ...

A Fayetteville fire department has a new tool that can help save the lives of more children. The Lafayette Village Fire Department is the first in the Carolinas to carry pediatric defibrillator pads.